Category: Medill

After his son committed suicide, Chicago attorney Steve Moore began volunteering with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and became a facilitator for a survivor support group, Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide. “It gives hope (facilitating the support group) in the sense of living with having lost someone,” Moore said. Suicidologist Kal Kaplan has ...

Planting a brighter future from Megan Pauly on Vimeo. Turning Point Mental Health facility has been using therapeutic gardening as a coping mechanism for its clients for years. Now, after receiving a $52,000 grant from the Rice Foundation it will be expanding the garden area to cover a quarter of an acre of land on ...

Northwestern student manages schizoaffective disorder with study innovations and horses from Megan Pauly on Vimeo. The future seemed ominous when Katie Sanford was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder the summer before her senior year of high school. Now, she’s ready to graduate from Northwestern University with a degree in psychology and plans to pursue a Ph.D. ...

Chicago health officials defended mental health care in Chicago after demonstrators Tuesday demanded the reopening of six mental health clinics in response to their claims of poor care and destroyed lives. The Mental Health Movement plans to continue advocating for the reopenings. However, no other rallies have been planned so far, said Mateo Ginsberg-Jaeckle, who ...

While neuroscientists are discovering more and more about the inner workings of the human brain, many mysteries remain. One is the nature of hallucinations, whether they manifest themselves as comforting or scary, as audio, vusual or tactile sensations. Northwestern University psychology major Katie Sanford, graduating this year, has been managing hallucinations and her schizoaffective disorder with medication and self-awareness since ...

Chicago lawyer Mark Epstein says that a lot of our mental health is getting criminalized, and it’s hard to disagree. Lack of early intervention, silent suffering, stigma and a lack of funding for clinics and care head up the list of suspects that make it likelier untreated mental illness will lead to a crime. As ...

Crises ranging in severity from bank robberies to national tragedies such as the Boston Marathon bombings are the province of a new breed of healers such as Crisis Care Network. The network responds to some of our worst nightmares and continues working with clients in Boston and throughout the country, offering psychological support to crisis. ...

It wasn’t a hurricane, but nearly five inches of rain fell in the Chicago area Thursday. “This is a new kind of storm associated with climate change,” said Tom LaPorte, spokesman for the Chicago Department of Water Management. “It’s been around for five or six years. Other storms are rather local, but in this case ...

San Antonio artist Michael Nye practiced law for 10 years before switching gears to pursue his love of photography full time. He brings a personal face to sweeping social issues that confront all of our communities. His photography and audio exhibitions, “Children of Children” (stories of teenage pregnancy) and “A Fine Line: Mental Health/Mental Illness,” have ...

Wondering about the universe gives Adler Planetarium astrophysicists and astronomers a reason to act as detectives, piecing together parts of the mystery one clue at a time. Adler will give the public reasons for wonder May 17 with the opening of the “Cosmic Wonder” sky show and a summer-long program, “100 Days of Wonder.” ...